Olga Skorobogatova, the first vice-president of the Central Bank of Russia, said that the digital ruble does not mean a physical form, so if there are offers to buy physical digital rubles, it is a scam. She announced this at the press conference she held. TASS.
Skorobogatova emphasized that digital form does not mean any physical form.
“Therefore, citizens do not need to buy anything (physical digital rubles. – socialbites.ca), even try to call them, and if someone offers them, it is clearly fraud and deception,” he warned.
The First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation added that if Russians want to experiment with operations with digital rubles, they should contact banks that will serve this type of currency in the future.
On August 9, it was learned that the Central Bank was in existence. will begin From August 15, 13 banks will take part in testing real operations with digital rubles.
an expert before declarationThe digital ruble will facilitate the work of bodies collecting information about Russian spending and make people’s data more open.
Previously recognizedHow the weakening of the ruble will affect the state of the economy.